White and McAuliffe lead Ravens to
non-conference victory
WATERBURY, Conn. (March 25, 2003) -
Franklin Pierce, receiving votes in this week's National Collegiate
Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Division II poll, returned to
the north a got another strong effort from its pitching staff in
posting a 5-0 victory over Teikyo Post University in non-conference
baseball action at Waterbury Municipal Stadium this afternoon.
Senior All-Region right-hander Jon
White (Medford, Mass./Arlington Catholic) fired seven innings of
four-hit shutout baseball without issuing a walk and striking out
seven for Franklin Pierce. Freshman Tyler Cummings (South Paris,
Maine/Oxford Hills) and junior Matt Weagle (Charlton,
Mass./Shephard Hill) each added an inning of shutout relief to
close out the Ravens second shutout of the season.
Senior centerfielder Paul McAuliffe
(Foxboro, Mass./Foxboro) was a perfect five-for-five at the plate,
scoring three runs with an RBI, a double and a triple to lead the
Franklin Pierce offense. Junior Dante Blancarte (Amesbury,
Mass./Amesbury) was 3-5 with two doubles and three RBI, while
sophomore Eric Cavers (Otisfield, Maine/Oxford Hills) was 3-4 with
a stolen base.
Sophomore Omar Taveras suffered the
loss as he allowed four earned runs on 11 hits with two walks and
three strikeouts in six-plus innings of work.
Franklin Pierce jumped ahead with a
single run in the first as senior Dan Close (Leominster,
Mass./Leominster) led off with a single and later scored on a Josh
Coughlin (Keene, N.H./Keene) ground out.
Single runs were the order of the
day as the Ravens pushed their second run across the plate in the
third when McAuliffe tripled and scored on Blancarte's first double
of the afternoon. Blancarte's second double of the game scored
McAuliffe again in the fifth.
Close scored the Ravens fourth run
in the seventh after he reached after getting hit by a pitch and
McAuliffe singled him in. The McAuliffe/Blancarte duo hooked up
again for the Ravens final run in the ninth when McAuliffe doubled
and scored on a Blancarte single.
Franklin Pierce (7-4, 0-0 NE-10),
off to its best start in program history, opens its Northeast-10
Conference schedule on Sunday when it travels to UMass Lowell for a
doubleheader beginning at noon. Saturday's scheduled home
doubleheader with Saint Anselm College has been postponed. No
makeup date has been announced.
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Teams
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4
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5
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6
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7
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9
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R
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H
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E
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FP
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1
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0
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1
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0
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1
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0
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1
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0
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1
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5
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13
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0
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TPU
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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5
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3
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BOX
SCORE
Batteries:
FP - Jon White, Tyler Cummings (8), Matt Weagle (9) and Eric
Cavers.
TPU - Omar Taveras, Geoff Stafford (7), Richard Fello (9) and Rocco
Yuhas.
WP: White (2-1)
LP: Taveras
